Special Section Janis Martin, TanukiIndispensable ingredient: Salt is the first thing that comes to mind. It’s what makes everything taste good. It’s what draws out flavor, it’s what draws out textu ...   More

Performance Othello is among the most emotionally devastating of Shakespeare’s tragedies and tells a dark tale of consuming emotion and radical revenge. And yet, for all its emotional complexity, the sum mo ...   More

Cheapskate Got a great deal? Email it to us at deals@wweek.com. PIX FLIX: David Byrne swoops in to observe and break the fourth wall in small-town Texas: 1986’s True Stories, showing at Pix Pâtiss ...   More

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Remember how much you hate sobriety, logical limitations on things, and the 24 hour day? You have a way out. PDX.fm is hosting 30 Hour Drunk, a down home answer to the 30 Hour Day charity telethon. Friday, April 16th, 2010, starting at 4 pm: 30 people, 30 hours, limitless possi...   More

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Crash landing in Portland after its initial stint in Seattle, art exhibit/apocalyptic mini golf course Smash Putt opens this weekend. In place of the usual mini golf windmill and pirate ship obst...   More

Food Reviews & Stories This Portland State University area cart’s simple motto, “what’s of earth is good,” and standard ingredients—rice, beans and lentils mostly—belie the complexity of its food. Trinidad native Qausu Thwaites and her husband, Ghanaian reggae artist Paapa Wastik, serve   More